Do, Don, Done!

I have not tried making Western-style pork chops yet, and looks like I will not in some time. You may not believe it, but when I made Chinese-style or Freestyle pork chops, it was my first time having pork loin chops in my grocery shopping list. And other than one first time attempting making a Thai dish - Kai Pad Bai Kaprow or Thai Basil Chicken , this should be my second time attempting some cuisine other than Chinese, Southeast Asian, or Western. I will DO a Japanese DONburi! Yes, Tonkatsu (Japanese-style pork cutlets) curry DON, will be DONE in less than 30mins away. Let's DO it! The DON. I am not a tonkatsu specialist who have spent years observing how to prepare the frying oil in a proper manner and exact temperature, the type of bread crumbs used, and the precise moment that the cutlet should hit the hot oil. This end product here, however, is a succulent piece of pork cutlet with a crisp, and light crumb coat.

Tonkatsu-curry don (2-3 servings)
Ingredients:
-Oil for frying
-4 boneless pork chops, each about 1/2 inch thick
-1 egg
-2 tablespoons cornflour
-1 cup(or more) panko bread crumbs
-1 pack SB curry sauce (or any Japanese curry sauce)

Method:
1.Pound pork to 1/4 inch thick using meat tenderizer or back of a cleaver. Beat egg until blended. Coat both sides of pork with flour, then dip into egg and finally coat thoroughly with bread crumbs.
2.Pour oil at least 1 inch deep into electric frying pan or deep frying pan
3. Fry pork in oil until golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side.

4.Cut pork cutlets into strips, place pork cutlets over cooked plain rice, and serve with Japanese curry sauce

It's DONE!

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16 comments:

  1. YUMMY!! I love me some tonkatsu.

    -Ray

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  2. I see that you cover your flour and breadcrumbs plate with cling wrap. I do that too! No lumpy mess to deal with. Makes cleaning up so much easier.

    You didn't season your pork first before frying, is it because you are going to dress it with curry sauce later??

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  3. hakka house, you love tonkatsu ? How would you usually eat tonkatsu ?

    sim, yup. less one sticky plate to wash ;p
    Nope, no seasoning req'd for Jap. tonkatsu, I think (is it?).Already there's pork and egg and panko flavor. And it goes well with curry sauce.

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  4. Wow! This looks really good. I'm going to try to make it for my husband sometime.

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  5. this looks just like the restaurants! :)

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  6. Gosh, those pork cutlets look so good!

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  7. Well done! Looks very much like those sold at restrauants.

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  8. Wonderful ! Another great alternative food/recipe site !

    & unique comment space...

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  9. Wonderful ! Another great alternative food/recipe site !

    & unique comment space...

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  10. Hi beloved, thx for visiting me. Do try out but you must eat also, other than making for ur hubby. It's quite simple to make. Just make sure to buy thinner pork loin chops or pound it thinner if you bought thicker slabs of meat.

    buddingcook, you like tonkatsu too? with the SB golden curry sauce, it's like eating curry don. i added an egg too,so that i can mix the rice, curry, and egg together. usually, jap restaurant, katsu don is just pork cutlets, eggs, onions, and some dried seaweed, no curry but some mirin for sweetness. But since I was doing without onions and got no mirin, the jap curry went very well with the pork, rice and eggs. ;D

    hi yuzu, have u tried making them before ? hope it does look like a curry don. Thks for visiting my blog!

    omnivore, cheaper to do at home ;p
    and can be very generous with servings.

    hi tonixe, thks for dropping by. i usually pop over backst glutton too, just to make myself feel hungry so that i will be motivated to cook something different. ;D

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  11. yknow to ensure the breadcrumbs stick well onto the pork when u deep fry, u can put the pork into the fridge for an hour or less after your no. step 1. :)

    by the way, i jus started up a new blog - do check it out!

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  12. hi spots, thks for the tip. yes, the breadcrumbs (esp. the coarse panko) i'v got, did not really stick well to the pork. I will surely do that for the next tonkatsu. Does the same apple to tempura ?

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  13. Ey, tapow some here leh... Then DHL or Fedex is over...

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  14. keropok, i thought you could walk to the nearest japanese rest. and yum yum so many varieties of don. ;P
    OK, you wan to tapow un-fried coated ones or already fried ones? Mmmm, need to keep panko dry if coated, unfried, and need to keep cutlets warm for fried....incur too much special packaging charges leh....or else overnight DHL loh....but will be v. ex lah.
    Maybe i can design a tonkatsu cook kit - package everything separate, then send over to you, and you coat and fry and have fun!
    Hey, hey, go to

    Curry Favor, SG
    at Stamford House leh. I wan to c photos. You tried be4? I got my tonkatsu+curry inspiration from there, in fact.

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  15. I did this too but using chicken!
    I love Japanese Curry! Yummy!

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  16. is that a runny egg i see on the right side of the dish???

    tsunamilover AT yahoo

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